Proceeds of the ticket sales from this charity concert will go to L.O.S. funds.
Manchester Museum
Some members of the L.O.S. are visiting Manchester Museum on Wednesday 18 October. We are meeting a museum curator who will speak about the ornithological collection and the process of preserving species as well as the science gained from the process. We will then view the museum collection at our leisure and return to Leigh early afternoon.
We will take the 9:35am bus from Holden Road at this time and if you have a bus pass the ride is free.
Tony has investigated the timing and says the bus leaves Leigh bus station at 9-35am and stops at Holden Road shortly after.
Parking is free where the Lancastrian squash club was in East Bond Street - go round the back of the building which is next to College Street Doctors Surgery, and then park as far down the car park as possible (close to Holden Road). Walk to Holden Road and across to the bus stop on the left.
David ShallcrossChairman
L.O.S. Presentation - Friday 6 October
We meet in the Derby Room, upstairs at Leigh Library, at around 7:15pm for a 7:30 start. So come and join us, bring a friend, everybody is welcome and there is no entrance fee (donations welcome of course). If you would like to become a member, just ask one of us on the door for information on how to join.
L.O.S. Fieldtrip to Spurn - Sunday 1st October
For our next fieldtrip on Sunday 1st October we will be visiting some of the well-known birding areas on the Spurn peninsula such as the Kilnsea Wetlands, Sammy's Point, the Blue Bell Cafe, the Crown & Anchor Pub, Kew Villa and the Kilnsea Triangle walk.
Spurn is well-known for its passage migrant birds and almost anything can turn up here, so be prepared for a few surprises and even a rarity.
It's a early start at 7am from Doctors Nook car park in Leigh for this one, or you can meet us at the Blue Bell car park in Kilnsea at around 9:30am.
Here's a couple of useful links to the area:
Hope to see you there.
It's a early start at 7am from Doctors Nook car park in Leigh for this one, or you can meet us at the Blue Bell car park in Kilnsea at around 9:30am.
Here's a couple of useful links to the area:
Hope to see you there.
LOS Fieldtrip - Sunday 17 September 2017
The first fieldtrip of the new season will be on Sunday 17 September 2017 to the Wirral coast.
The exact itinerary is still to be decided depending on what's about and the tides, but the party will set off at 8:00am from Doctors Nook car park just across the road from Leigh Library. Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB will almost certainly be inlcuded in the trip.
Everyone is welcome and car-sharing groups to be decided on the car park.
L.O.S. Presentation - Friday 1 September 2017
In other words ... Birding on land and out at sea in California!
We meet in the Derby Room upstairs at Leigh Library at around 7:15pm for a 7:30 start.
So come and join us, bring a friend, everybody is welcome and there is no entrance fee (donations welcome of course). If you would like to become a member just ask one of us on the door for information on how to join.
The New L.O.S. Season Kicks Off
Hello to all new readers of the Leigh Ornithological Society's website. The 2017-18 season starts on Friday 1st September with a presentation talk by Dennis Atherton in the Derby Room at Leigh Library. Full details are here:
www.leighos.org.uk/p/meetings.html
Everyone is welcome to come to our free presentation talks, although we would appreciate a donation to our funds in the form of buying a raffle ticket on the door. Or you can join for a whole year for just £15 single or £20 joint membership.
The 2017-18 field trip programme has now been finalised and is available here:
http://www.leighos.org.uk/p/fieldtrips.html
We also have three Facebook groups here for posting reports, photographs and information about forthcoming events:
www.leighos.org.uk/p/meetings.html
Everyone is welcome to come to our free presentation talks, although we would appreciate a donation to our funds in the form of buying a raffle ticket on the door. Or you can join for a whole year for just £15 single or £20 joint membership.
The 2017-18 field trip programme has now been finalised and is available here:
http://www.leighos.org.uk/p/fieldtrips.html
We also have three Facebook groups here for posting reports, photographs and information about forthcoming events:
HS 2 consultation 2017
Mr David Shallcross
Chairman
Leigh Ornithological Society
28 Surrey Avenue
Leigh
NN7 2NN
17th July 2017
Dear Sir,
HS2 Phase 2b: Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds — Consultations on the draft Environmental Impact Assessment and draft Equality Impact Assessment Scope and Methodology Reports
I am writing to inform you of the launch of two consultations for the next phase of High Speed Two (HS2), from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds — known as Phase 2b.
These consultations are on draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and draft Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) Scope and Methodology Reports (SMRs), which inform the way in which the EIA and EQIA are undertaken.
The Secretary of State for Transport recently announced the Government's decision on the route for the next phase of HS2: Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds. Construction of Phase 2b is expected to start in 2023 ready for the railway to begin operations by 2033. To obtain the legal powers to build and operate this part of the railway, the Government intends to deposit a hybrid Bill in Parliament during 2019.
To prepare for the hybrid Bill, the Government has commissioned consultants to undertake an EIA and prepare an Environmental Statement (ES). The EIA will identify the likely significant environmental effects and appropriate measures to mitigate such effects. The draft EIA SMR consultation document is available online at www.gov.uk/hs2
At the same time, to inform the development of the Phase 2b scheme, the Government has commissioned consultants to undertake an EQIA and prepare an EOIA report. The EOIA will identify any particular groups with protected characteristics that may be disproportionately affected, and actions that may be necessary to limit such effects if they arise. The draft EOIA SMR consultation document is also available online at www.gov.uk/hs2
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6GA T: 08081434 434 E: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk www.gov.uk/h
We are now asking local authorities, relevant statutory bodies and national interest groups along the route to comment on the draft EIA SMR and draft EOIA SMRI to inform the way in which the EIA and EQIA are undertaken.
Responding to the consultations
Arup is co-ordinating the analysis of responses to these consultations. There are separate online and email response mechanisms for each consultation. Please use the correct response channels for each consultation you respond to. The FREEPOST address is the same for both consultations.
To respond to the draft EIA SMR consultation you can:
To respond to the draft EQIA SMR consultation you can:
Both consultations close at 23-45 on 29 September 2017. Please clearly mark on your response which consultation you are responding to.
Can we help?
If you have any further questions about these consultations, please contact our
Helpdesk on 08081434 434 (available 24/7),
by email at hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk
or by using the MINICOM service on 08081 456 472.
Yours faithfully,
Paul Griffiths Phase 2b Director
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
Chairman
Leigh Ornithological Society
28 Surrey Avenue
Leigh
NN7 2NN
17th July 2017
Dear Sir,
HS2 Phase 2b: Crewe to Manchester and West Midlands to Leeds — Consultations on the draft Environmental Impact Assessment and draft Equality Impact Assessment Scope and Methodology Reports
I am writing to inform you of the launch of two consultations for the next phase of High Speed Two (HS2), from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds — known as Phase 2b.
These consultations are on draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and draft Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) Scope and Methodology Reports (SMRs), which inform the way in which the EIA and EQIA are undertaken.
The Secretary of State for Transport recently announced the Government's decision on the route for the next phase of HS2: Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds. Construction of Phase 2b is expected to start in 2023 ready for the railway to begin operations by 2033. To obtain the legal powers to build and operate this part of the railway, the Government intends to deposit a hybrid Bill in Parliament during 2019.
To prepare for the hybrid Bill, the Government has commissioned consultants to undertake an EIA and prepare an Environmental Statement (ES). The EIA will identify the likely significant environmental effects and appropriate measures to mitigate such effects. The draft EIA SMR consultation document is available online at www.gov.uk/hs2
At the same time, to inform the development of the Phase 2b scheme, the Government has commissioned consultants to undertake an EQIA and prepare an EOIA report. The EOIA will identify any particular groups with protected characteristics that may be disproportionately affected, and actions that may be necessary to limit such effects if they arise. The draft EOIA SMR consultation document is also available online at www.gov.uk/hs2
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6GA T: 08081434 434 E: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk www.gov.uk/h
We are now asking local authorities, relevant statutory bodies and national interest groups along the route to comment on the draft EIA SMR and draft EOIA SMRI to inform the way in which the EIA and EQIA are undertaken.
Responding to the consultations
Arup is co-ordinating the analysis of responses to these consultations. There are separate online and email response mechanisms for each consultation. Please use the correct response channels for each consultation you respond to. The FREEPOST address is the same for both consultations.
To respond to the draft EIA SMR consultation you can:
- Use the dedicated online response form available at https://ipsos.uk/HS2Phase2bElASMR
- Email your response to HS2ElASMRPhase2B@arup.com
- Post your response to the following FREEPOST address (no additional address information is required and you do not need a stamp):
To respond to the draft EQIA SMR consultation you can:
- Use the dedicated online response form available at https://ipsos.uk/HS2Phase2bEQlASMR
- Email your response to HS2EQlASMRPhase2B@arup.com
- Post your response to the following FREEPOST address (no additional address information is required and you do not need a stamp):
Both consultations close at 23-45 on 29 September 2017. Please clearly mark on your response which consultation you are responding to.
Can we help?
If you have any further questions about these consultations, please contact our
Helpdesk on 08081434 434 (available 24/7),
by email at hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk
or by using the MINICOM service on 08081 456 472.
Yours faithfully,
Paul Griffiths Phase 2b Director
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
Open Green Spaces Need to be Appreciated
L.O.S. founder member and champion of so-called 'brownfield sites' Dave Wilson had a letter published in the Leigh Journal last week in which he puts the case to our newly elected MP for them to renamed as 'open green spaces' in order for them to be better appreciated by all concerned.
You can read it here:
http://www.leighjournal.co.uk/yoursay/leighetters/
You can read it here:
http://www.leighjournal.co.uk/yoursay/leighetters/
L.O.S.Trips and Private Trips
There seems to be some confusion over L.O.S. trips and private trips - L.O.S. Trips are those published on your membership card, on this website or in the newsletter. Any others that a group of friends go on are their own private trips and nothing to do with the society.
I don't want members and friends thinking there is a clique at this club.
There most certainly isn't.
I don't want members and friends thinking there is a clique at this club.
There most certainly isn't.
Yours, David